[1] The first two owners are given in Eliza Rathbone, Nicolas de Staël in America, exh. cat. The Phillips Collection, Washington; Cincinnati Art Museum; Washington, 1990: 176, no. 27. According to Alexandre Rosenberg, however, Pierre Loeb (owner of Galerie Pierre) was the second owner of the painting (letter of 6 April 1970 to John Rewald; copy in NGA curatorial files).

[2] Pierre Loeb (1897-1964) closed his gallery a few months before his death in May 1964. A. Rosenberg's letter (see note 1) states that Loeb still owned the painting when he died, and that Rosenberg "purchased it from his estate." Two Galerie Pierre labels removed from the back of the painting (in NGA curatorial files) include the following numbers: 2872, no. 128 and 2855, no. 130.